- FIU (Metrorail station)
FIU Station or Florida International University Station, will be a Miami-Dade Transit Metrorail station located at the University Park campus of
Florida International University (FIU) west ofMiami, Florida , in University Park. It will serve as a link to Florida International University and to the surrounding areas in westernMiami-Dade County . It will be located near Southwest 8th Street (US 41) and 117th Avenue North of theNational Hurricane Center .The station will be a part of Miami-Dade Transit's East-West Metrorail Expansion. It will be the western terminus of the main East-West line. It is scheduled to open in
2016 . [http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/library/pdfs/corridor/ew/ew_Summary_Schedule_03142007.pdf]Places of Interest
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Florida International University - University Park Campus
*Tamiami Park
*Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition [http://www.fairexpo.com/thefair/default.asp]Metrobus routes serving the site
*8 - Westchester/
Downtown Miami via SW 8th Street
*11 -FIU -University Park Campus/Downtown Miami viaFlagler Street
*24 - Downtown Miami/SW 137 Court @ Coral Way via Coral Way
*71 - Dolphin Mall/Miami-Dade College -Kendall Campusee also
* [http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/corridor/ew_corridor/ew_home.asp East-West Corridor expansion]
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